Lamp-supporting bracket for sewing-machines



(No Model.)

M. E. SMITH.

v LAMP SUPPORTINGBRAQKET FOR SEWING MACHINES. No. 274,984. PatentedApr. 3

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MARY E. SMITH, 0F SOUTHBURY, CONNECTICUT.

LAMP-SUPPORTING BRACKET FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,984, dated April 3, 1883. Application filed November 27, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARY E. SMITH, of Southbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Lamp-Supporting Bracket for Sewing-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification- Figure 1 being a top view, representing a lamp-bracket attached to a sewing-machine by means of myinvention; Fig. 2, a side view, showing the same; Fig. 3, a side view of my attachment applied to a sewing-machine table; Fig. 4, a view of the under side thereof.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

In the use of sewing-machines in the nighttimeadit'ficulty has always been experienced in usinga-light to properly light the work, because of the want of room on the sewing-machine table to receive a lamp or burner, and of the insecurity of a lamp standing on the table, subject as it is to continnaljarring and danger of being knocked off or upset. I have invented an attachmentfor sewing-machine tables by which a lamp is held with perfect security in any position desired over the table or near it, and which, when the lamp is not in use, may be entirely hidden from view.

Myinvention consists in a lamp bracket support or holder adapted to be applied to the under side of a sewing-machine table, and composed of a fixed part, to be attached to the table, and a movable part, sliding or moving in or on this fixed part snfficiently to enable it to be either brought out from under the table far enough to attach the bracket thereto, or pushed back under the table out of view.

In the drawings, let A'represent one corner of the top or leaf of a sewingmachine table.

, To the under side of this partof the tablesay the righthand corner-the fixed part B of my attachment is secured by screws a a or any other suitable means. In a socket, b, of this part slides or moves the movable part; 0 ot' the attachment, or any equivalent ofthe socket may be used for holding and allowing the required movement of the said movable part. The extent of the movement given to this part in the socket is limited by a pin, 0, thereon, moving in a slot, d, of the fixed part, or by equivalent means. This movement should be sufficient to allow the movable part to be moved out beyond the table far enough to receive the bracket D in a socket,f, formed in the outer end of the saidpart, as shown by full lines in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, or to permit this part to be moved back entirely beneath the table top or leaf, as shown by full lines in Fig. 3 and by dotted lines in Fig. 4.

The lamp-bracket D may be of any desired or ordinary construction, having a suitable ring or lampholdeng, to receive the lamp. This bracket, when the lamp is not to be used, is to be removed from the holder attachment, and attached to the usual socket or holder attached to the wall or otherwise. The bracket may be swung over the table more or less, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. I

This attachment is also equally applicable to work-tables, or to any table, if desired.

WVhat I claim as my invention is- The combination of the part B, provided with means for afiixing it to the under side of the table A, and with a way or ways for holding the part 0, and the said part 0, provided with a socket for holding a lamp-bracket, con strncted as described, whereby it may slide in the way or ways of the fixed part, substantially as herein specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two. witnesses.

MARY El SMITH.

Witnesses:

ANN F. STILES,

JAUGUSTA M. STILES. 

